SotD: Sunday 24th March 2013

Good morning all !. Still below freezing here but the snow has finally stopped. Decided on porridge with brown sugar, cream and a dash of whisky for this morning's starter. Some calorie burning activity may be required over the forthcoming week .

Re: SotD: Sunday 24th March 2013

Sunnyfunny, my very best birthday wishes for you! I just re-read ('confined' to my house with this ghastly wintery weather outside - STILL) two threads ('En Avion to nowhere' and 'Incestious mixes: Jicky and Mouchoir de Monsieur'). May I offer a generous spritz of Tabac Blond?
I started out in Black Tie, added some dabs of En Avion and later Acaciosa on my wrists (induced by these threads).

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samples

Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes

Re: SotD: Sunday 24th March 2013

This morning I got nostalgic and put on some Khaki cologne by Love's Cosmetics. I wore this in High School when everyone else was wearing Love's Baby Soft (gak). My husband came in the room and said, "Something's MUSKY, like there's a weasel running around in here"! This may explain my lack of a social life in high school! So now I'm in Oh, ooOoh...oh by Miller et Bertaux, which to my neophyte schnoz smells like Dirty English, but with an interesting edge.

Re: SotD: Sunday 24th March 2013

Hi y'all!

We're having another lazy morning, but the rain is long gone now. I do feel for you that are still in the frigid grip of winter, and I really don't mean to gloat, but it's simply gorgeous here - mid-70s with sunny, bright blue skies ...a perfect spring day! So it's my turn for glorious Diorissimo, vintage 60s edt ...which I actually perceive as a lilac perfume. I do get a hint of what's supposed to be the lotv, but I'm almost convinced it's a phantom note. At any rate, it's a glorious and cheerful yet chic Dior floral - just how I want to smell today.

Happy Birthday Sunnyfunny!

Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual...Carl Sagan

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Good Evening,

Dior Homme tonight.
The 'inclement weather' ( as the Tube announcements put it ) seems to have cheated me out of the weekend: so many plans, so few realised. Ah well, I expect another will come around some time.

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I've figured out why this winter JUST WON'T DIE ALREADY! Too many zombie movies. So I blame Hollywood.

I'm sampling Byredo La Tulipe today. Teardrop, my initial reaction is that it was a bit synthetic at the top for a few minutes, but it seems to have dissipated. I'm quite liking it in spite of this little voice in my head telling me I'm too mature for freesia, but this fragrance is just too darn happy for me not to enjoy it. I'm apparently a sucker for happy.

Evangeline and others: if I wanted to sample Diorissimo (the reformulated version -- I just can't allow myself to get hooked on vintages) and I wanted to get as close as I could to the original, which strength should I try: parfum, EDP, or EDT? Thanks!

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Happy Day, Sunnyfunny!

WHO WAS IT WHO, A FEW MONTHS AGO, RECOMMENDED I TRY
GREEN FIG & VANILLA WOODS?
WAS IT TEARDROP?

This morning I've been happily sampling Lucy B Royal Green Fig and Vanilla Woods
I thought GF&VW might be mired down in syrupy vanilla and coconut, but it's bright and springlike, especially during the opening phase. I couldn't peg what that green top note was until I looked at the the description: It's green pepper. This is the best use of green pepper I've ever smelled in perfumery. It so well counterbalances the sugars and intermixes with the green fig. Brilliant! If only Mr. Q didn't despise fig scents. Of course I like them all.

Now this is a staycation:
Indulging in soft, delicious, entertaining, good-smelling, bubbly, and loose-fitting things!